USS Sea Panther (SS-528)

USS Sea Panther (SS-528)
USS Sea Panther (SS-528)
Name:	USS Sea Panther
Namesake:	The sea panther, a South African fish
Builder:	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (proposed)
Laid down:	Never
Fate:	Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944
General characteristics
Class & type:	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:	1,570 long tons (1,595 t) surfaced ; 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged
Length:	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam:	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
Draft:	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum
Propulsion:	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 2 × low-speed direct-drive General Electric electric motors; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed:	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced ; 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged
Range:	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance:	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged ; 75 days on patrol
Test depth:	400 ft (120 m)
Complement:	10 officers, 71 enlisted
Armament:	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft); 28 torpedoes; ; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun; Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

USS Sea Panther (SS-528), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sea panther, a black-spotted, South African fish. Her name was assigned, but construction was canceled on 29 July 1944 before she was laid down.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
↑ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311

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[Register-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 280–282. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.

[Register_275–282-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–282. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.

[FriedmanSubs1-engines_261–263-3] U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263

[FriedmanSubs1-specs_305–311-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311

[FriedmanSubs1-specs-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305-311

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USS Sea Panther (SS-528)

Career (United States)
Name:	USS Sea Panther
Namesake:	The sea panther, a South African fish
Builder:	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (proposed)
Laid down:	Never
Fate:	Construction contract cancelled 29 July 1944

General characteristics
Class & type:	Tench-class diesel-electric submarine ^[1]
Displacement:	1,570 long tons (1,595 t) surfaced ^[1] 2,416 tons (2,455 t) submerged ^[1]
Length:	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) ^[1]
Beam:	27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) ^[1]
Draft:	17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum ^[1]
Propulsion:	4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators^[2]^[3] 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries^[4] 2 × low-speed direct-drive General Electric electric motors^[2] two propellers ^[2] 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced^[2] 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged^[2]
Speed:	20.25 knots (38 km/h) surfaced ^[5] 8.75 knots (16 km/h) submerged ^[5]
Range:	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) ^[5]
Endurance:	48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged ^[5] 75 days on patrol
Test depth:	400 ft (120 m) ^[5]
Complement:	10 officers, 71 enlisted ^[5]
Armament:	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 forward, 4 aft) 28 torpedoes^[4] 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun^[4] Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

USS Sea Panther (SS-528)

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